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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "عدالة شعرية"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "poezia justo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "runollinen oikeudenmukaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "justice immanente"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xustiza poética"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗoeṭuri samartlianoba",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "პოეტური სამართლიანობა"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "צדק פואטי"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "giustizia poetica"
},
{
"alt": "かんぜんちょうあく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanzenchōaku",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "勧善懲悪"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zaslúžena kázna",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "заслу́жена ка́зна"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kāvyanīti",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "കാവ്യനീതി"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"word": "عدالت شاعرانه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poetycka sprawiedliwość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "justiça poética"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "poetisk rättvisa"
}
],
"word": "poetic justice"
}
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